FILMING LITERATURE

In partnership with Lisboa 5L Festival

This cycle is the result of a partnership between IndieLisboa and Lisboa 5L Festival, promoted by the Lisbon City Council. Its purpose is to celebrate the different connections between cinema and the differents litterary fields. This year, the cycle’s second edition will be dedicated to the “L” in litterature, showcasing films that illustrate adaptations of litterary works of different genres to cinema.

Theatre | Enrico IV, Marco Bellocchio (1984)
[Based on the play by Luigi Pirandello]
Presentation: to be announced

Romance | Fahrenheit 451, François Truffaut (1966)
[Based on the romance by Ray Bradbury]
Presentation: Osvaldo Manuel Silvestre

Novel | Morte a Venezia, Luchino Visconti (1971)
[Based on the novel by Thomas Mann]
Presentation: Claudia Fischer

Short Story | 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick (1968)
[Based on the short story The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke]
Presentation: Luís Nogueira

Poetry | The Color of Pomegranates, Sergei Parajanov (1969)
[Based on Sayat Nova’s biography and poetry]
Presentation: Elisabete Marques